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MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

No. 521,029. Patented June 5, 1894.

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H. A. & W. B. LA GHIGOT'I'B. MACHINE FOR MAKINGMATGHBS.

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HENRY A. LA CHICOTTE AND WALTER LA CHICOTTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,029, dated June 5, 1894.

Application filed June 30, 1 8 9 3 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY A. LA CHI- coma and WALTER B. LA CHICOTTE, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Matches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in machines for making matches, and it has for its object to provide a machine of simple, durable and economic construction and capa ble of being safely used, the machine being so constructed that veneers of wood when fed to-the machine will be cut into a series of splints of predetermined cross section, and wherebythe splints will be fed to a cutting apparatus by means of which they will be cut to a proper and uniform length, and whereby further the splints prior to being cut will be engaged by gripping devices, which when the splints have been acted upon by the cutters will carry said splints to an oil or parafiine bath, and next to a bath of an ignitible compound, and finally whereby the splints will be removed from the bath, and dried and delivered to any receptacle placed to receive them, the operation being continuous and automatic after the veneers have once been fed into the machine.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the main or body portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one side of thebody of the machine. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the opposite side of the body of the machine. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the body of the machine. Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation and partial sectional view of a portionof-itwo intersecting shaping rolls. Fig. 7 is :an enlarged detail sectional view of the cutting apparatus and the gripping apparatus, illustrating both of them in position for action. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken Serial No. 479,209- (No model.)

through the gripping apparatus, illustrating the match splints held firmly therein and tipped. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a portion of the gripping apparatus, the match splints being in horizontal section, said section being taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is an end view of one side of the gripping apparatus.

The body of the machine, which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, consists of a frame'A of any desired construction, the side pieces of which are formed at their upper ends substantially in the shape of angular standards 11; but the upper portion of the frame, in fact, the entire frame may be shaped as desired. The side'pieces of the frame, at their forward ends, are connected by a table 12, the said table being located at the wider portion of the side pieces, the stan dard sections thereof being above the table. The table does not extend very far within the frame, and is made to terminate ordinarily at an opening 13 made vertically in each side, the two openings being in horizontal alignment. Upon the front and rear walls of each opening, boxes 14 and 15 are respectively placed, which boxes may be made adjustable in any suitable or approved manner, or they may be made stationary.

Two feed rolls, arranged one above the other and designated as 17 and 18, are journaled in the forward boxes 14, the space between the feed rolls being immediately at the rear of the table 12 as shown best in Fig. 2. These feed rolls are provided upon the lefthand side of the machine, for example, each with a gear 19, as shown in Fig. 3, the two gears being in mesh, and the gear on the upper roller is made to mesh with a gear 20, which is held in proper position by being placed upon a bracket 21 projected from the frame, and also shown in Fig. 3.

Two forming or shaping rollers 22 and 23, are journaled in the rear boxes 15. The shapin g rollers are in close contact with each other, being arranged one above the other, and their point of juncture is opposite the space between the feeding rollers. The shaping rollers 22 and 23, may be of any suitable diameter, and are preferably ofgreater diameter than the feeding rollers. The peripheral surface of each shaping roll is formed in a series Ibo of sharp angular ribs a and grooves a, the grooves and ribs being made to alternate one with the other, and the grooves may be of any polygonal cross sectional shape in order to give a predetermined cross sectional shape to a match splint. A portion of the rolls is shown in detail in Fig. 6 in which it will be observed that the ribs and grooves are so shaped that when one shaping roll is in engagement with the other a space of polygonal shape is left between them, which will determine the cross sectional shape of the splint. Furthermore the sharp angular ribs are arranged in sets and the grooves formed on the rollsbetween the several sets of ribs are deeper than the grooves formed between the ribs of a set. This arrangement is made in order that when the peripheral surfaces of the rolls meet, two lines of apertures 24, will be formed between them, the apertures in one row being located opposite the space between the apertures in the other row. In this manner a ve' user of wood is passed between the shaping rolls and thus two independent rows of splints will be formed. lVe desire it, however, to be understood that if in practice it is found desirable the shaping rolls may be so formed as to produce more than two rows, the number of rows being entirely dependent upon the formation of the peripheral surfaces of the rolls. It will be understood that the shaping rolls and likewise thefeeding rolls extend practically from one side of the frame to the other.

It is necessary that the veneer after being passed between the feed rolls should be supported while it is being acted upon by the shaping rolls, and to that end a guide bar 25 is located between the shaping and feed rolls, being secured to the frame in any convenient manner as for example by the plate 16; and the said guide bar is provided with a continuous slot of suihcient length to receive the veneer employed. One trunnion of each shaping roll is provided with a gear 26, located for example on theleft-hand side of the machine as shown in Fig. 3; the two gears are in mesh, and they likewise mesh with the gear 20, whereby motion may be eommnni cated from the gearing of one set of rolls to the gearing of the next set. A second guide bar 27, which may likewise be termed a cut ting bar, is located immediately at the rear of the shaping rolls and faces the point of intersection of the rolls. The cutting bar, as it will be hereinafter termed, extends from side to side of the machine and is firmly secured thereto, and said cutting bar is provided with a seriesof apertures or openings 28, extending through it from front to rear, the openings or apertures corresponding in arrangement and in location to the openings or apertures formed at the intersection of the shaping rolls, each aperture in the cutting .bar beingin horizontal registry or alignment withan aperture 24. between the shaping rolls.

A knife head 29, is held to slide between suitable guides 30, formed upon the inner faces of the sides of the frame, as shown in both Figs. 2 and 7, and a knife 31, is secured to the head 29, the attachment being made in any approved manner, and the arrangement of the knife is such that when the head is vertically reciprocated, the blade of the knife will pass the rear face of the cutting bar in close relation thereto, so that any object supported by the cutting bar and projecting rearwardly therefrom will be cleanly severed by the knife in its descent.

Practically on a level with the table 12, a shaft 32 is journaled in the rear side portions of the frame at the rear of the uprights 11, as shown in Fig. 2. This shaft carries within the frame near each of its ends a sprocket wheel 33, and each sprocket wheel carries an endless chain belt 34, made up of a series of clamps B, which clamps are adapted to receive and grip the match splints after they have passed from the knife and cutting bar. The formation of this gripping belt is peculiar, and is illustrated in detail in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10. The belt is primarily made up of a series of links 35, the said links being adapted to fit over the teeth or peripheral surface of the sprocket wheel. The links carry the gripping devices B, and such a device is located between each two transversely aligning links of the chain. comprises two clamping jaws 36 and 37. These jaws are of an angular construction,

being practically angle irons as shown in Figs.

7 and 8. Each jaw 36, is screwed or otherwise secured upon lugs 36" preferably made integral with one end portion of the links 35 adapted to carry the jaws, which lugs extend to the upper or outer edges of the links, and the pivot pins 36 of the links are ordinarily secured in the lugs. The clamping jaws 36, extend from one chain of links 35 to the other. At or near the centerof eachlink a horizontal pin 38 is either formed integral with the link or is secured thereto. The opening clamping jaw 37 of the gripping device is provided at each end with a sleeve 37, bolted to it or constituting an integral portion thereof, and the said sleeves are slid over and turn upon the pin 38 of the links; each sleeve is provided at its inner end with an arm 37", which projects beyond the lower edge of the link adjacent to which it is located,and the lower edge of said arms is rounded, while one of the edges, (that located adjacent to the lugs36 of theopposing jaw) is beveled, as illustrated best in Fig. 8, but it will be understood that the arms may be of any shape desired. It will be understood that when the jaws are in their closed or normal position, one member of each jaw,

that which may be'termed the inner member,

will be practically parallel with the upper edge of the linkscarrying the jaws, while the outer members will be parallel and located face to face. The outer member of each clamping jaw is provided upon itsinner face with a cushion 39, preferably of an elastic or yielding material, such as rubber; and the Each device ICC cushion extends practically from end to end of the jaws as shown in Fig. 9; each cushion is provided witha series of teeth 40, arranged transversely thereon, the teeth upon one cushion alternating with the teeth upon the opposite cushion, so that when the clamping jaws 36 and 37 are in their closed position the teeth of one cushion will enter the space between the teeth of the opposing cushion, and the closing action of the jaws is such that the teeth 40 of the cushions will not entirely enter the spaces provided for them, as likewise shown'in Fig. 9,

since each tooth is adapted to hold within the space it entersa splint to be coated or capped. Consequently, the alternate arrangement of the teeth of the cushions is such as to form spaces corresponding both inlocation and arrangement to the apertures or openings produced in the cutting bar.

The jaws of a gripping device are held normally in their closed position by means of springs 41, which are coiled around the pins 38, being attached to the pins at one end and to the arms 37 of the jaws 37 at their opposite ends. The jaw 37 is the jaw that is to open, the opposingjaw 36 being fixed rigidly to the links. The jaws are kept closed throughout the operation of the machine except when they are to receive splints, or when they are to discharge them. They are opened prior to receiving the splints by any suitable form of trip mechanism, one form of which is illustrated in Fig. 2, which consists in pivoting upon the shaft 32 a trip lever 42, the forward end of which lever may be provided with a friction roller, or curved surface, adapted to engage with an arm 37 of a gripping device, said curved surface, if used, being so formed as to cause the gripping device to closegradually, while the longer end of the lever, or that rearwardly extending, is limited in its movement by passing a pin through it and through a slot 43, made in a portion of the frame, or vice versa.

Only a single trip. lever 42, is necessary though more may be employed; therefore it is not absolutely necessary that an arm 37 should be formed at each end of each clamping jaw 37, except in the event that a trip leveris journaled at each side of the machine.

It is necessary that the feed rolls and shaping rolls should have intermittent movement and timed movement with relation to the knife, since the shaping and feed rolls remain stationary while the knife is in operation; and just about the time that the knife operates upon the splints the gripping device in position to receive the splints will close upon their rear ends. Such an action is represented as about taking place in Fig. 7.

The driving mechanism of the driving portion of the machine is preferably as follows: A main or drive shaft 45, is journaled in the upper portion of the uprights 11. The said drive shaft is provided at one end with a driv ing pulley 46, and at its opposite endhas secured thereon a gear 47; and eccentrics 48, are connected with the drive shaft and pivotally connected with the knife head 29. In this manner movement is imparted to the said head. In the drawings the driving pulley 46, is shown as located upon the left-hand side of the machine, and the gear 47 upon the right hand side. The gear 47 meshes with a gear 49, which is fast upon one end of a shaft 50, journaled in the forward portion of the uprights 'of the frame. -Upon the same end of the shaft 50 a disk 51, is secured in advance of the gear 49. The disk is provided with a finger 52, extending from its periphery, and the said finger is provided with an inwardlyextending pin 53. The disk is further provided with a recess 51 produced in its inner face opposite the finger 52, and the inner wall of the recess is semi-circular, the recess extending from side to side of the disk and through the peripheral portion carrying the finger, as shown in both Figs. 4 and 5. The disk is adapted as a driving medium for the shaping rolls, and to that end, upon one trunnion of the upper shaping roll a star wheel 54, is secured. The star wheel is provided with a series of radial recesses 55, produced in its peripheral surface, the recesses being at predetermined intervals apart, and the periphery of the wheel between the recesses is concaved, as shown at 56 especially in Fig. 4. The concaved surfaces 56 of the star wheel will fit the peripheral surface of the disk between the center and inner face of said surface; and the crank pin 53 of the disk is adapted to enter the recesses 55 in the star wheel, and when such an entrance is made will revolve said wheel and consequently the shaping and feed rolls.

In Fig. 4 the crank pin is illustrated as just leaving one of the recesses in the star wheel, and consequently the star wheel is at that time at rest; and in order that the star wheel shall stop the moment that it is released from the crank pin, the thick peripheral surface of the disk 51 by engaging with a concaved surface of the star wheel will prevent the latter from turning. When, however, the crank pin enters a recess in the star wheel for the purpose of turning it, the recessed portion 51 of the disk will be opposite the concav'ed surface 56 of the star wheel adjacent to the slot, and the recess will present sufficient clearance to permit the star wheel to turn freely. At the moment thatthe star wheel stops revolving, the eccentrics 48 connected with the knife will work downward and operate the knife, and at the same time the trip lever 42 at its forward end will have released itself from the trip arm of the gripping device in front of the shaping rolls, and the clamping jaws of the said device will therefore close.

Prior to the release of the gripping device from the trip lever, the lever had engaged with the arm of the forwardly presented gripping device as it descended over the sprocket SCI wheels 33, and had forced the trip arm 37 b of the device upward, as shown in Fig. 7, thus opening the jaws.

A pinion 57, is secured upon the drive shaft 45 adjacent to the driving pulley 46, as shown in Fig. 5, and this pinion meshes with a gear 58 fast upon a shaft 59, which shaft is journaled in the rear portion of the upright of the frame over the chain shaft 32. The shaft 59, carries a pinion 60, which meshes with a gear 61, secured to the said shaft 32; and in this manner the chain 34 is revolved through the medium of the drive shaft 45. In Fig. 3 it would appear that the upper gear 26 of the upper shaping roll was in mesh with the gear 58, but such is not the case, as the two gears in no manner engage.

I, In addition to the main frame A heretofore described, an extension frame is provided, the same consisting of horizontal beams 62, which are projected rearwardly from the sides of the main frame a predetermined distance, and the side beams are located one below the other, and the beams at each side may be connected by suitable cross bars or braces in any suitable or approved manner. The extension frame further consists of'standards 63, usually four in number, two of them being located at the rear of the extension and two of them near the front. These standards are usually carried up to a connection with a fire proof ceiling 64, or they may be otherwise disposed of; but when connected with the ceiling near the forward upper portion of the frame an opening is made in the ceiling, extending through the floor into the apartment above that in which the body of the machine is located, as shown in Fig. 1; and upon the floor of this upper apartment a frame C, is erected, usually comprising four uprights 66, connected near their top at each side by side beams 67 and 68, and by means of suitable braces and end beams if required. Upon the lower side beams 62 of the extension frame, a number of friction pulleys 60, are held to revolve in suitable bearings. In the drawings four of such pulleys are shown as being employed. Beneath the first pulleys 69 a tank 70, is located, adapted to contain paraffine, oil, or like material; and beneath one of the intermediate sets of pulleys 69 a second tank 71, is placed, adapted to contain any approved form of ignitible compound used for capping matches. In this tank near the bottom a roller 72, is journaled, adapted to agitate the compound and also to convey it to a second roller 73, journaled in the tank above andin contact with the lower roller, the upper roller being the receiving roller as it takes the compound from the lower one; and the receiving roller is driven by means of gearing 74, connected with one of the friction pulleys 69, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. A metal shield 75, extends over both of the tanks 70 and 7l,and serves to prevent fire, if either the oil or the ignitible compound should become ignited, from spreading to the upper portion of the machine. A series of sprocket wheels 76 is j ournaled upon each two of the upper side beams 62 of the lower portion of the extension frame; and each sprocket wheel shaft is provided upon its outer end with a gear 77, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the gears of the sprocket wheels are made to mesh with gears 78, located between said wheels; but the gears 78, are located upon one side only of the extension frame, as are likewise the gears 77 connected at one side only with the sprocket wheels; and the entire lower set of sprocket wheels are driven from the gear wheel 61 of the body portion of the machine, as is likewise shown in Fig. 1, by meshing with the said gear a smaller gear 79, which carries a pinion 80, meshing with the first gear 78 of the series. A second series of sprocket wheels 81, is located below the ceiling 64 at the upper portion of the extension frame, the upper set of sprocket wheels being located over the spaces between the lower sprocket wheels 76. y

In the upper portion of the extension frame, above the ceiling, two or more sets of sprocket wheels 82, are located upon the upper cross bar 67 of the frame O; and usually a single set of sprocket wheels 83, is placed upon the lower beams 68 of said frame. The endless gripping belt passes from the main sprocket. wheel 33 in frictional contact with the several friction pulleys 69 at the bottom of the extension frame; the belt then passes upward to the rear set of sprocket wheels 81, and is then passed alternately over the lower and upper sprocket wheels 76 and 81 until the lower sprocket wheel next to the front of the series is reached, whereupon the endless belt passes upward through the opening 65 inthe ceiling over the sprocket wheels 83, then over the top sprocket wheel 82 downward over the last sprocket wheel 76 in the lower series to the first or driving sprocket wheel 33.

The operation is as follows: The veneer is slid between the feed rolls, and passes from said rolls through the guide bar 25 and then between the shaping rolls, where the veneer is cut in splints, and the splints are fed through the apertures in the cutting bar 27; and when said splints have been fed rearward from said bar the length of a match,the driving mechanism ceases acting on the feed rolls, the gripping mechanism of the gripping belt facing the splints having been previously opened by the trip lever, receives and closes upon the splints, and at that time the knife descends severing the splints into match lengths and leaving them in engagement with the gripping mechanism of the belt, and the next descending gripping mechanism opens while the lower mechanism closes. The match splints carried by the descending gripping mechanisms are carried downward and dipped into the oil or parafline in the tank 70; next the splints are carried to an engagement with the coating of ignitable materialupon the roller 73, and at this point the match splints mechanisms by engaging with their trip arms receive their caps. The splints are then carried upward and downward through the extension of the frame, until finally they are carried into the chamber above, where, adjacent to an upper set of spur wheels 82 a trip lever 90, of practically the same construction as the trip lever 42 opens the jaws of the gripping 37 and the matches, which are then dried, are released from the gripping mechanisms which have carried them, and are dropped into any receptacle placed to receive them.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent p -1. In a match making machine, the combination with shaping rolls adapted to rotate in close relation and provided with cutting ribs and circumferential grooves arranged substantially as shown and described, whereby two independent rows of match splints are formed from the veneer passed between the said rows, of a gripping mechanism consisting of jaws adapted to grasp the ends of the two rows of match splints, simultaneously as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a match making or like machine, a gripping mechanism, the same consisting of an endless belt comprising opposing links, jaws pivotally connected with the said opposing links, theinner face of the jaws being provided with a series of teeth arranged transversely thereon, the teeth upon one jaw alternating with the teeth upon the opposing jaw and adapted to enter the spaces between I the teeth of the said opposing jaw, one ofthe jaws being adapted to be opened and closed,

. as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a match making machine, agripping I mechanism consisting of a belt or carrier comprising opposing links, jaws angular in cross section pivotally connected with the said opposing links and extending from one to the other, said jaws being provided with inner faces having teeth or ribs arranged transversely thereon, forming spaces or pockets between the teeth to receive the splints, the teeth upon one jaw alternating with the teeth upon the opposing jaw and adapted to enter the spaces of the said opposing jaw, one of the jaws being spring controlled, and means substantially as shown and described for opening thejaws and permitting them to close, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a match making machine, a gripping mechanism, the same consisting of an endless belt or carrier comprising opposing links, jaws angular in cross section pivotally connected with the opposing links and extending from one to the other, one of said jaws being fixed and the other spring controlled, said jaws being further provided with cushioned inner faces provided with a series of teeth arranged transversely thereon, the spaces between the teeth forming pockets adapted to receive match splints, the teeth upon one jaw alternating with the teeth upon the opposing jaw and adapted to enter the pockets of thesaid opposing jaw and hold the splints in posit on therein, and the said spring controlled aw having an arm or extension formed thereon, bymeans of which it is opened and a trip lever for engaging said arm and opening the jaws, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a match making machine, the COIIlblnation with shaping rolls having their peripheral surfaces alternately provided with grooves and cutting ribs, of a stationary cutter bar having openings adapted to rece ve the splints from the shaping rolls, a kn1fe held to reciprocate across the openings 11113116 cutter bar, and a gripping mechanism consisting of opposing jaws adapted to clamp between them the splints delivered from the cutter bar, the inner faces of the said jaws having a series of teeth arranged transversely thereon, the teeth of one jaw alternating with the teeth upon the opposingj aw and adapted to enter the spaces between the teeth of the said opposing jaw, as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a match making machine, the combination with feed rolls shaping rolls having their peripheral surfaces circumferentially grooved and provided with cutting ribs, the alternating grooves being of different depths,

a cutting bar located opposite the delivery portion of the shaping rolls, and provided with openings to receive the splints delivered from the rolls, a knife adapted to move across the openingsin the cutting bar, and a time connection between the driving mechanism the knife and the feed and shaping rolls of a conveyer consisting of an endless belt carrying gripping devices, said gripping devices consisting of opposing jaws adapted to clamp between them the splints delivered from the cutting bar the said jaws having their inner faces provided with teeth arranged transversely thereon, the teeth upon one jaw being adapted to enter the spaces between the teeth,

of the opposing jaw, and trip mechanism adapted for engagement with the jaws and having timed engagement therewith, as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a match making machine, the combination with feed rolls, shaping rolls located adj acent to the feed rolls, said shapingrolls being provided with peripheral grooves and ribs alternately arranged, each roll being provided with two or more series of said grooves and ets between the teeth adapted to receive splints, the teeth upon one jaw being adapted to enter the spaces between the teeth of the opposing jaw, a trip mechanism having engagements at predetermined intervals with the jaws, and means substantially as shown and described for dipping the splints and drying them, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a match making machine, the combination with a convey-er consisting of an endless belt, said belt being provided with a series of jaws having their inner faces provided with teeth arranged transversely thereon and forming spaces or pockets between the said teeth to receive splints, the teeth of the 0pposingjaws alternating with each other and adapted toenter the spaces of the opposing jaw, and hold the splints therein, and a tripping device adapted for engagement with the jaws to open and release the same, of receptacles containing inflammable 0r ignit-ible material over which the conveyer passes, and series of pulleys arranged in different planes and adapted as supports for the conveyer, as and for thepurpose specified.

9. In a matchmaking machine, the combination with a conveyer consisting of an endless belt, said belt being provided with a series of opposing jaws having their inner faces provided with teeth arranged transversely thereon and having spaces or pockets between the teeth adapted to receive the match splints, the teeth of the opposing jaws alternating with each other and adapted to enter the spaces and hold the splints therein, a trip arm connected with one of the jaws of each pair by means of which the jaws are opened, and a tripping device adapted for engagement with the jaws to open and release the same, of receptacles containing inflammable or ignitible material over which the conveyer passes, series of pulleys arrangedin different planes and adapted as supports for the conveyer, and a shield located overthe receptacles containing the inflammable or lgnitible material and below the supporting pulleysof the conveyer, as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY A. LA Cl-IICOTTE. WALTER B. LA CHICOT'IE. \Vitnesses:

L. H. BRUMnAUon, C. DE CAMP. 

